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The law officially allows payday loans in Edinburg Texas. Moreover, the regulations are quite flexible in terms of minimums (loan amount and duration). That's why this niche of the financial market offers a wide choice of lenders that are ready to provide their clients with some extra cash. Such service is helpful and sometimes it's even dispensable when our everyday expenses faced unpredictable changes.
This might happen because of accident or job loss, move or poor budgetary planning. Besides, your friends might invite you to the party, wedding or any other rather costly event that requires gifts, new clothes, and other expensive stuff.
Payday loans in Edinburg in Texas are remarkable for their capped maximums and unlimited minimums. It means that only small sums of money are accessible. Thus, the law protects people from being trapped in a spiral of debts. On the other side, payday loans in Edinburg, TX might not cover some bills, since many of them significantly exceed the allowed maximum of a loan.
For example, utilities in Edinburg, Texas are almost twice as much as the national average. The same relates to housing, median home cost, and even grocery. Generally, the cost of living there is 48% than in other states of the country. That's why payday loans are a good way out only if you haven't managed to deal with massive debt.
Now, let's look through the terms and rates of payday loans in Edinburg Texas.
Besides, a borrower is entitled to pay the principal amount back (it's necessary to fund a deferred deposit) to cancel a deferred deposit. Moreover, individuals have the right to turn payday loans into the installment ones.
There are many providers in Edinburg Texas that can deliver the necessary amount of dough to your bank account. Our website accumulates the best online payday loans and in-store lenders. However, nowadays, the majority of credible lenders tend to offer both online and offline services. One can read both positive and negative opinions about payday loans in Edinburg of Texas on the Web or in mass media. Use our platform to get objective information about loans and lenders, as well as their offers and conditions. Thus, it's getting easy to opt for the right company and escape scammers or predatory firms. Why may you need a loan? There are several key reasons to why it could be the best way out:
Despite the reason to apply for payday loans, the online platform will provide you with relevant information, tips, and hints that will ensure your wise choice.
The most widespread alternative to payday loans in Edinburg of Texas are title loans. It's also fast and easy and everybody can apply online. They come in handy when people need more than allowed $600, as they can provide you with 5%–50% of the vehicle value. It's a 24/7 service with a wide variety of offers and competitive rates.
Personal unsecured loans are also available in Edinburg in Texas and they can deliver you up to $35,000. This option is suitable for any urgent expenses that can deliver you larger sums of money than payday loans whether it is about vacation or business. The best lenders can approve you in the case of bad credit.
Other alternatives for payday loans exist to help people that work in a certain niche. It deals with small businesses, farmers, and other professions. For example, those who are going to farm full-time might get up to $250,000 of a loan.
Payday loans online in Edinburg are the fastest way to solve your financial problems. If you need to get cash right now, just fill in the application form and send it. Wait for approval for a couple of minutes and then meet the variety of offers to choose from. You'' be able to pick up a lender with the lowest interest rates and service fees.
Payday Loans in Edinburg, Texas: FAQ's
1. What is the full cost of Texas's payday loan?
Each lender that provides payday loans features its inner policies that's why the cost might fluctuate from $10 to $30 for every $100 borrowed. For example, if you take a loan for 14 days with a $15 per $100 fee, an annual percentage rate (APR) reaches 400%. Here's another example: if you borrow $600 for 2 weeks and the lender's fee is $30 per $100, multiply 30 to 6 and add the sum of money borrowed. So, 30 x 6 + 600 = 780. It means that you should pay off $780 in 2 weeks.
2. Is it possible to renew my payday loans in Edinburg TX?
According to the Texasan law that regulates payday loans, a customer can contract only one loan at a time. You cannot renew or refinance it. It's possible to apply for another loan once you've cleared the previous debt. It might seem inconvenient but good news sweetens the pot. The thing is that the law does not specify the period a client should wait before applying for another loan.
3. How to pay off payday loans?
When the term payday loans in Edinburg, Texas come to the end, a borrower should contribute a lump sum of money to cover the debt. As you can't roll over, try to own the necessary amount of cash to handle the issue. If you struggle to repay, apply for the alternative lenders or any other organizations/individuals that would be able to help you.
4. Is a good credit score critical to get a payday loan in Edinburg?
Payday loans in Edinburg Texas are loyal to poor credits. However, you should still provide a lender with proof of any type of revenue to qualify. Besides, you should point out your residence address and other personal data.
5. Is it possible to qualify a payday loan if not a resident of Edinburg, Texas?
Payday loans in Edinburg, Texas are available to the residents of the state but one can choose a lender from any city of the state. For example, if you live in Honolulu, it's possible to apply to a lender in Edinburg.
6. How does a lender determine my loan due date?
Looking for payday loans "near me", it's crucial to understand that it is about a short-term deal. The payment due date means the last day of the term of a loan. A lender must point the date of repayment in the contract. If a customer cannot pay off by the due date, a provider has the right to cash the check that you've provided or electronically debit your bank account.
It's the sort of credit you take when different emergencies happen. There are such examples as medical bills, house maintenance, car repair, etc. Of course, each customer has his own purpose.
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This is the community supported Dell OpenManage 6.4 repository for 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 or later versions, and Debian Squeeze. Below, you will find instructions to install and setup OpenManage command-line and web interfaces.
1. (Optional for Upgrade) Create a new file ending in 'sources.list' in the '/etc/apt/sources.list.d' directory. Cut and paste the command below. (If typing by hand, note carefully the spacing.)
echo 'deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/deb/latest /' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux.dell.com.sources.list
2. Make apt aware of the new software repository by issuing the following command:
sudo apt-get update
3. Install one of the following selection of meta-packages to install the OMSA functionality you require:
srvadmin-all:Install all OMSA components
srvadmin-base:Install only base OMSA, no web server
srvadmin-rac4:Install components to manage the Dell Remote Access Card 4
srvadmin-rac5:Install components to manage the Dell Remote Access Card 5
srvadmin-idrac:Install components to manage iDRAC
srvadmin-webserver:Install Web Interface
srvadmin-storageservices:Install RAID Management
For example, to install complete OMSA: sudo apt-get install srvadmin-all
Read errata at the bottom of the page for 6.3 upgrade
sudo service dataeng start
Now, you can use omreport, omconfig, and omhelp commands.
For example, you can issue omreport system summary to get details about your system.
You can use omconfig to configure component properties.
omhelp provides help information for commands.
See OpenManage CLI User's Guide for comprehensive documentation.
To use web interface, users with appropriate permissions need to be added.
1. Add users with appropriate permissions to /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/omarolemap file. See detailed information at Setup and Administration
Example:john_doe * Administrator
2. Start the web server.
sudo service dsm_om_connsvc start
3. Go to https://<ip_address>:1311/ in your browser to access OMSA.
4. If you want to start dsm_om_connvsc service at boot, issue sudo update-rc.d dsm_om_connsvc defaults command.
Uninstall all packages: sudo apt-get --auto-remove remove srvadmin-all
Uninstall all packages including config files: sudo apt-get --auto-remove purge srvadmin-all
While upgrading from 6.3 to 6.4 you will see a list of config files that are copied as .bak files. If you have modified any of these files to customize OpenManage and would like to keep the changes, please merge changes from a .bak file with the newly installed file. You can delete .bak config files that you did not customize.
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I heard from Electronic Friend yesterday. I had waited for an email for a few weeks from my friend with no specific gender, although I tend to call him a he. He brings me news of my family, sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes not what I was expecting, but always most welcome. You may know my Electronic Friend. If you have ever requested notification of a newly available article from Trove, you will have definitely had an email from him.
My latest contact was about my ggg grandfather Thomas Gamble of Colac. Trove has been digitizing the Colac Herald (1875-1918) and I've been hopeful this may give me more information about Thomas. A couple of weeks ago, a search of Thomas Gamble found three references to him in the year of his death, 1884. All were articles "Coming Soon", so I put in my email request and waited. And waited.
Until now I knew very little about Thomas Gamble:
- Born around 1808
- Arrived in Melbourne in the early 1840s
- married Ellen Barry in 1844,
- Lived in Geelong
- Went to Colac to make bricks for the home of pastoralist Hugh Murray around 1850 Forest, lake and plain: the history of Colac, 1888-1988 / Ida McIntosh.
- Appearances in the Colac Magistrates Court, mostly about monies owed but also drunkenness.
- Gambletown, a suburb of Colac, was named after him. The History of Colac and District, Issac Hebb, 1970, p39
- Enrolled to vote for 1856 elections in the colony of Victoria
- In his later years, Thomas lived apart from Ellen, residing at his small greengrocer shop.
As I clicked on the link to the requested article, I thought "I hope this is not another False Alarm".
Very interesting. My Electronic Friend had outdone himself.
The obituary confirms the Gambletown story. It gives his age when he died at 76, giving a little more weight to the 1808 birth year I already had. Finally it confirmed, in the most wonderful way that such a matter could be handled, Thomas liked a drink.
"…but a good part of his life he loved not wisely but too well – the cup. The old man, however, had no great liking for the tea-cup, and in for something stronger and more cheering?'
Over the past year, I have read well over 200 obituaries to prepare for Passing of the Pioneer posts. Never have I read of a departed's drinking habits, so I think Thomas really liked a drink. So much so, it was a defining part of his character.
It is the new information that I find most interesting. Thomas was "quite a character", "full of humor", in fact, a "chatty, good, humored soul" and "always willing to help his neighbours" . Until now, in my imagination, Thomas has been an emotionless, non-speaking, old man standing in a brickyard! While I had a lot of information to get an idea of Ellen's character, I had nothing on Thomas so it is pleasing to read of his wonderful attributes.
I have had reason to believe that Thomas did have some money at one time. Mainly because he appears on the 1856/7 Electoral Roll, compiled for the 1856 elections of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. At the time there were conditions for voting eligibility. For the Legislative Council, one condition was that the voter owned property over the value of £1000, and for the Legislative Assembly, property over the value of £50. Thomas qualified in one of those categories, listed as a freeholder. I had several other ggg grandfathers in Victoria at that time and none are on the same Electoral roll. 1857 saw the abolition of property qualifications.
Thomas must have had enough wealth to travel to Sydney to deposit his earnings. Or was this just something he told the writer over a humorous drunken chat? During the 1850s, Thomas had a string of appearances in court with men trying to retrieve money from him. It does say he had his ups and downs.
As a family historian, the last bit of information is very exciting, but at the same time disheartening. Thomas wrote his memoirs. On 150 pages of notepaper! But as written in the obituary, the memoir would probably never have seen the light of day and I doubt it ever did. Given the snippets I have about Thomas already, I think it would have been a rollicking read.
My second article from my Electronic Friend was the Death notice.
The last article comes from two months before the death of Thomas and gives some clue to the state of his health leading up to his death and his financial situation at the time.
From the minutes of the Colac Hospital committee meeting, it would seem Thomas needed care but had no money and looked destined for the Benevolent Asylum at Geelong. From his Death notice, he died at this son's home seemingly avoiding the Benevolent Asylum. Whether he was living at Barongarook waiting to go to Geelong or whether he was taken in by Thomas M. Gamble (aka Mark Thomas Gamble), at least he passed away with family around him.
I am waiting for another email from my Electronic Friend. The article's headline is "History of Colac Chapter IV. (Continued). The Township Site—First Sale of Town Lands—Notes of Progress". The only available line is "…brickyard of any importance was opened out by Mr Thomas Gamble, after whom the suburb on the south…".
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The problem with book reviewing in America isn't usually that it's unfair or inaccurate – it's that it's dull. And it's dull partly because it's timid. Reviews often tell you almost everything about a novel except what it is really "about" beyond the plot details.
This failing has less to do with dwindling review space and than with declining courage and intellectual confidence. You can express the theme or message of even a complex, multilayered work in a few sentences if you know it well enough. Here's how the classics scholar Robert Fagles summed up The Aeneid:
"It says that if you depart from the civilized, then you become a murderer. The price of empire is very steep, but Virgil shows how it is to be earned, if it's to be earned at all. The poem can be read as an exhortation for us to behave ourselves, which is a horse of relevance that ought to be ridden."
As quoted by Charles McGrath in "Robert Fagles, Translator of the Classics, Dies at 74" in the New York Times, March 29, 2008.
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What to Watch: 'Spartacus' returns with a vengeance
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A final season of "Spartacus," called "Spartacus: War of the Damned," promises to be full of action, and the premiere episode seems like it's going to deliver. Spartacus' rebel army has grown into a community, and Rome has decided they've had enough. Marcus Crassus is sent to destroy the former gladiator and his people, kicking off a season of epic slow-motion blood spatter-filled battles. Starz 9 p.m. EST.
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Hollywood is gearing up for the SAG Awards this Sunday, CNN reports. The Screen Actors Guild Awards show is notable because the awards are given to performers based on votes cast by other performers. Dick Van Dyke will be presented with a SAG Lifetime Achivement Award by Carl Reiner and Alec Baldwin. The award show will be broadcast on TNT and TBS.
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Three-dimensional films and TVs may seem cutting-edge, but existing technologies all require optical tricks to create the illusion of depth (in some cases, very old tricks). The only truly 3D display technology we have, holography, has primarily been limited to displaying static images. That situation has slowly begun to change, but the existing technology is complicated and expensive, and it suffers from a slow refresh rate.
Now, some researchers have come up with a completely different method of creating the light pattern necessary to build a holographic image. The functional units in their device can be manufactured for pennies: the researchers suspect they could build a large holographic display for as little as $500, one that could potentially be driven by a commodity PC sporting a suite of high-end graphics cards.
The key to building a hologram is the ability of photons to interfere with each other, creating patterns where some regions have constructive interference and become bright, while others experience destructive interference and go dark. A carefully crafted diffractive can bend and redirect light so that this interference pattern recreates patterns of light that look as if they just reflected off the surface of a three-dimensional object. Most importantly, this 3D appearance is retained even as the viewer's perspective shifts around the surface.
We have very mature technology that allows us to create a static surface that consistently displays a single image. But to get that image to move or to replace it with a different image entirely involves wholesale modification to the hardware that is creating the diffraction pattern. Even assuming that you can calculate what the new configuration of the hardware must be (something that's not especially easy), you would then have to reconfigure the hardware and rescan light over it. The existing examples of hardware that can do this have some serious issues.
Most of them involve liquid crystal, micro-mechanical hardware that physically alters its configuration. The authors of the new paper provide a laundry list of this technology's limitations: "relatively low bandwidth, high cost, low diffraction angle, poor scalability, and the presence of quantization noise, unwanted diffractive orders, and zero-order light." (The latter factors create visual artifacts in the display image.)
The device the researchers have created instead involves an array of devices called anisotropic leaky-mode couplers. These devices act as waveguides for light while allowing the light travelling through them to be manipulated. When exposed to radio-frequency radiation, the hardware will form acoustic waves that alter the light travelling through them. This allows each coupler to rapidly alter the timing and direction of the light it emits in response to changes in the radio waves. By placing a number of them in close proximity, it's possible to get the light they emit to interfere (creating a hologram) and then change this hologram simply by altering the radio frequencies.
Other good features of the couplers are that they can be made to emit light with a single polarization, allowing a simple filter to cut out any imaging artifacts. And they can work with red, green, and blue light simultaneously, allowing a true-color hologram. This can also work with just about any light source.
You don't need many of these couplers to build a significant device; the authors estimate that about 500 of them would be all that you'd need to build a single horizontal line of a one-meter wide display. In the paper, they showed a device with 40 channels, and they're already testing one with 1,250 channels. The devices also easy and cheap to make. Their 40-channel hardware cost $50 to make at MIT's custom fabrication facility, but the author's estimate that an equivalent could be made at a commercial fabrication facility for somewhere in the area of $3.
As further progress has been made in getting graphics cards to generate holographic information and the radio frequency control signals are compatible with analog video displays, the authors think that a holographic display could probably be driven by a commodity PC with a bank of high-end graphics cards. The graphics cards would end up being the biggest expense in the hardware, so the actual array of couplers would only cost about $500 to make. Any reasonably bright color LED could provide the light source in this case. The end result would be a full-color hologram at standard video resolution with a refresh rate of about 30 fps.
Nature, 2013. DOI: 10.1038/nature12217 (About DOIs).
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January 27, 2010 — Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common birth defects in humans, affecting 8 per 1000 live births with one third of affected children requiring intervention in early infancy.
Increasing numbers of survivors combined with developmental expectations for independence, behavioral self-regulation and academic achievement have led to a growing identification of neurobehavioral symptoms in some survivors. A study now suggests that a cooling technique often used in heart operations does not impair neurological outcomes.
Congenital heart disease and its treatment were originally thought to potentially increase neurologic injury in these patients. The technique of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) is used in order to repair these congenital cardiac defects by providing a bloodless surgical field, which may facilitate completion of the best physiologic repair, and decrease the duration of blood exposure to the bypass circuit. However, it involves a period of reduced blood flow in the brain. Cooling is a protective mechanism to reduce metabolism of the brain and other organs during periods of low blood flow.
Stephanie Fuller, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, presented these research findings today in the prestigious J. Maxwell Chamberlain Lecture at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. According to the study, DHCA does not impair language skills, attention, and other neurocognitive abilities in school-age children.
Dr. Fuller and colleagues from Children's Hospital and the University of Washington assessed the use of DHCA as a predictor of neurodevelopmental outcomes in children who had cardiac surgery as infants. The infants were enrolled in a prospective study of apolipoprotein-E (APOE) polymorphisms and neurodevelopmental outcome after cardiac surgery and underwent formal neurodevelopmental testing at 4 years of age.
Neurodevelopmental testing was completed in 238 out of 307 eligible patients. The surgeons used DHCA in 92 of those infants as deemed necessary to provide better operative exposure with a bloodless and less cluttered surgical field and therefore a shorter total cardiopulmonary support time. Use of DHCA was not predictive of worse performance for any neurodevelopmental outcome. Significant predictors of worse outcome included lower socioeconomic status, preoperative mechanical ventilation and babies that were younger and smaller at the time of first operation.
Neurodevelopmental assessment included:
"Selective use of DHCA during cardiac surgery in infancy may facilitate operative repair and is not associated with impaired neurodevelopmental outcomes," said Dr. Fuller. "Despite added risk factors, the selective use of DHCA during infancy for repair of congenital heart disease without an obstruction in the aorta was not predictive of worse performance at four years of age."
Dr. Fuller added, "use of DHCA as a support technique during cardiac surgery in infancy has many advantages, it is not necessary to sacrifice these advantages merely to avoid use of DHCA. Our study adds to the growing literature showing no adverse influence of limited periods of DHCA. New support techniques must be carefully evaluated prior to wide-spread acceptance to confirm they are not inferior to conventional management strategies."


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A Pakistani Taliban commander has banned polio vaccinations in North Waziristan in the tribal belt, days before 161,000 children were due to be vaccinated. He linked the ban to American drone strikes and fears that the C.I.A. could use the polio campaign as cover for espionage, much as it did with Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped track Osama bin Laden.
The commander, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, said that polio vaccinations would be banned until the C.I.A. stopped its drone campaign, which has been largely focused on North Waziristan.
One's initial instinct is to chalk it off to Taliban dogmatism and savgery. But, their suspicions may be warranted. Walsh refreshes our memories about Dr. Afridi.
In March and April 2011, Dr. Afridi ran a vaccination campaign in Abbottabad that was designed to covertly determine whether Osama bin Laden lived in a house in the city. Dr. Afridi failed to obtain a DNA sample, a senior American official said, but did help establish that Bin Laden's local protector, known as "the courier," was inside the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad.
Dr. Afridi was arrested three weeks after American Navy SEALs raided the house on May 2, 2011, killing the Al Qaeda leader. But the Abbottabad operation was not his only vaccination campaign.
American officials say Dr. Afridi had been working with the C.I.A. for several years, at a time when he was leading polio vaccination efforts in Khyber Agency, a corner of the tribal belt that harbors a rare strain of the disease.
Western aid workers have sharply criticized the C.I.A. for recruiting a medical personnel and have complained of harsh restrictions on their work imposed by suspicious Pakistani authorities.
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American officials say Dr. Afridi was targeting a mutual enemy of Pakistan and the United States.
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The moment many people have been waiting for has finally arrived: Tim Burton is opening to the public this Sunday. And don't forget: if you're a member, it's open NOW. This is a ticketed show, which means it's ideal if you order your tickets and reserve your times in advance. Tickets are $20—unless you're a member, in which case you get two FREE tickets to the show. (The theme of this paragraph is: why aren't you a member?)
In addition to the exhibition itself, we're also kicking off a Tim Burton film series tonight with Edward Scissorhands—a special 70mm print! Tomorrow night the director himself will be on hand to introduce Ed Wood, preceded by a screening of his early short, Vincent. Again, advance tickets are recommended. Check the film page for future screenings in the series.
You'll have one other chance on Saturday to see Tim Burton in person—he'll be signing copies of the exhibition catalogue and The Art of Tim Burton from 12 to 2 pm. The signing is limited to two books per person, and you must have proof of purchase from the LACMA bookstore in order to get your books signed. We have had an overwhelming response to this event and we can't guarantee that everyone who comes will get their books signed. The signing is first come, first served and will end promptly at 2 pm. One more caveat: Saturday is a members-only preview day, so only members will have a chance to view the exhibition on the day of the signing. (Again: why aren't you a member?)
In addition to the Tim Burton exhibition in the Resnick Pavilion and the films screening in the Bing Theater, there's even more Burton-related things to see while you're on campus—check out the giant Balloon Boy outside of the Bing Theater, the deer perched outside of Ray's, and the related exhibition Burton Selects: From LACMA's Collection, on view in the Ahmanson Building, which presents a variety of artworks from our permanent collection that Tim Burton himself chose to put on view.
For those of you want to see and experience more than just Tim Burton, there's plenty more to see and do this weekend. Film buffs, don't forget that Christian Marclay's The Clock is on view in the Art of the Americas Building, just a hop and a skip away from the Bing Theater. And next door to The Clock is the sublime and serene exhibition The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Courts of Burgundy. Sharing the Resnick Pavilion with Tim Burton is David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy, and across the way in BCAM is Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection.
As always, we also have free concerts all weekend long. Tonight vocalist Dwight Trible performs in the BP Grand Entrance for Jazz at LACMA; tomorrow in Hancock Park Costazul throws down some energetic salsa during Latin Sounds; and Sunday night in the Bing Theater Ensembles from the Colburn School will perform classical works for Sundays Live.
If you're looking for something to do with the whole family, there's lots of kid-friendly activities happening at the museum too. In addition to the Boone Children's Gallery, where you and your kids can make art all weekend, Sunday is our weekly Andell Family Sunday, featuring free art-making activities for the whole family. Admission to Tim Burton is free for NexGen members, but tickets to that exhibition are required for accompanying adults, and reservations are recommended.
Last but certainly not least, this is a three-day weekend! And that means that Monday is a Target Free Holiday Monday. Tim Burton admission is not included, but the rest of the museum will be open to all for no charge. There will be family art-making activities all day, plus live music in the afternoon and gallery educators in select galleries.
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ABOVE PHOTO: Katherine Jackson poses for a portrait in Calabasas, Calif in 2011. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday April 29, 2013, in Katherine Jackson's lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live over her son Michael's 2009 death. On Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, the jury in the case rejected claims that AEG Live LLC was responsible for the decision to hire Dr. Conrad Murray to care for Michael Jackson.
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By Anthony McCartney and
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LOS ANGELES—More than four years after Michael Jackson's death, a jury on Wednesday rejected the notion that the promoter of his ill-fated comeback concerts was linked to his demise, ending a long-running case that offered an unprecedented look into the singer's addiction struggles, concert preparations and his role as a parent.
The latest chapter in the often bizarre Jackson saga stemmed from a lawsuit filed by his mother against AEG Live LLC as she sought to financially punish the company for hiring the doctor convicted of killing her superstar son with an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.
At five months, it was the longest of any trial involving Jackson and gave the panel an inside look of his homes, concerts and even the offices of his doctors.
Jurors concluded that the case had many tragic elements but stopped short of awarding the singer's family hundreds of millions of dollars.
Katherine Jackson sued AEG Live in 2010 claiming the company hired her son's final doctor, Conrad Murray, and created a conflict of interest by agreeing to pay the debt-saddled cardiologist $150,000 a month to work with her son while he prepared for the "This Is It" concerts in London.
During the trial, AEG presented a parade of Jackson's physicians but also endured harsh scrutiny of its own business practices and whether it did enough to investigate Murray's background.
Jurors determined that AEG hired Murray but said he was fit and competent to serve as a general practitioner to Jackson.
"That doesn't mean we felt he was ethical," the jury's foreman Gregg Barden said after the verdict.
Barden acknowledged the tragic circumstances of Jackson's death that left his three children to be cared for by his mother.
"It took the tragic passing of a tremendous father, son and brother for us to even be here. And of course nobody wanted that," Barden said. "We reached a verdict that we understand that not everybody is going to agree with. But the decision was reached after very careful consideration."
Katherine Jackson's attorneys said they were disappointed by the verdict but would consider further legal options.
AEG lawyers lauded the jury's decision.
"AEG didn't do anything wrong and would not allow themselves to be shaken down," lead defense attorney Marvin S. Putnam said.
The verdict was the latest—but likely not the last—chapter in the saga of Jackson's life. His estate still needs to be settled, and one of his longtime supporters has accused the singer of sexually abusing him while he was a child.
Neither case, however, is likely to present the portrait of Jackson that emerged from his mother's case against AEG Live.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter after giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol as he prepared for the comeback shows. Witnesses at the trial said Jackson saw the concerts as a chance for personal redemption after being acquitted of child molestation.
But as the opening date of the shows approached, associates testified that he had bouts of insecurity and agonized over his inability to sleep. They said he turned to the drug propofol and found Murray, who was willing to buy it in bulk and administer it to him on a nightly basis as a sleep aid even though it is not meant to be used outside operating rooms.
Testimony at the civil trial showed that only Jackson and Murray knew he was taking the drug.
In his closing argument, AEG Live attorney Putnam told jurors the company would have pulled the plug on the shows if executives knew Jackson was using the anesthetic.
"AEG would have never agreed to finance this tour if they knew Mr. Jackson was playing Russian roulette in his bedroom every night," Putnam said.
Kevin Boyle, one of Katherine Jackson's attorneys, said after the verdicts that the case revealed more than just the entertainer's private life.
"We think that what we've done with this case is prove some things that are important for the Jackson family and for the concert industry and the sports industry with regards to treatment by doctors," Boyle said.
Brian Panish, a lawyer for the Jackson family, argued in the trial's final days that AEG Live was negligent by not looking far enough to find out what it needed to know about Murray. He claimed in his closing argument that the lure of riches turned the company and Murray into mercenaries who sacrificed the pop star's life in a quest to boost their own fortunes.
AEG Live's lawyers framed the case as being about personal choice, saying Jackson made bad choices about the drug that killed him and the doctor who provided it. They said he was the architect of his own demise and no one else can be blamed.
Jurors heard testimony from more than 50 witnesses, including Jackson's mother and his eldest son, Prince, as well as days of testimony from AEG executives who were repeatedly asked about emails in which they discussed Jackson's missed rehearsals and described Murray's pay as a done deal.
They also heard about Jackson's close relationship to many of his doctors, including Murray, who he first met in Las Vegas in 2007.
Katherine Jackson called the case a search for the truth about the death of her son and the trial featured potentially embarrassing revelations for both sides. AEG's executives had their emails picked apart, revealing concerns that Jackson wouldn't be able to perform the shows as planned, that a lawyer at their parent company referred to Michael Jackson as "the freak," and that Jackson was derided even though the company had invested more than $30 million in his shows.
Jackson's mother and his three children are supported by his estate, which provides a comfortable lifestyle for them and erased hundreds of millions of dollars in debts by debuting new projects and releasing new music featuring the King of Pop.
Jackson's greatest hits were in heavy rotation throughout the trial, with jurors watching footage of him moonwalking across stages and playing to packed arenas around the globe, with some fans so overcome with emotion that some had to be carried out on stretchers. A world few saw was also on display, with private videos of Christmas mornings Jackson spent with his children and stories about his devotion to them being recounted throughout the trial.
AEG Live, meanwhile, laid out Jackson's medical history, presenting testimony about his use of drugs, including his use of propofol dating back to the 1990s. In 1997, two German doctors administered the anesthetic to help the singer sleep between shows in Munich.
Jurors ended the case before reaching any questions about whether Jackson was partially responsible for his own death and at least one juror said that wasn't a question they needed to answer.
"I don't want to say whose fault it is," Bryant Carino, 36, said. "I'm not one to point fingers."


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Military base shootings shake sense of security
Armed guards stand at the gates. IDs are needed to pass through electronic barriers. And uniformed members of the American military - well-trained and battle-tested - are everywhere, smartly saluting as they come and go.
And yet, twice in less than four years, a person with permission to be there passed through the layers of protection at a U.S. base and opened fire, destroying the sense of security at the installations that embody the most powerful military in the world.
"It is earth-shattering. When military bases are no longer safe, where is safe if that even doesn't exist anymore?" said Col. Kathy Platoni, a reservist who keeps a gun under her desk after witnessing the shooting at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, when Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people.
In the wake of this week's deadly rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the Pentagon to review security at all U.S. defense installations worldwide and examine the granting of security clearances that allow access to them.
"We will find those gaps and we will fix those gaps," Hagel vowed on Wednesday.
After Fort Hood, the military tightened security at bases nationwide. Those measures included issuing security personnel long-barreled weapons, adding an insider-attack scenario to their training, and strengthening ties to local law enforcement, said Peter Daly, a vice admiral who retired from the Navy in 2011. The military also joined an FBI intelligence-sharing program aimed at identifying terror threats.
Then, on Monday, Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old former Navy reservist who held a security clearance as an information technology employee at a defense company, used a valid pass to get into the Washington Navy Yard and killed 12 people before dying in a gun battle with police.
The attack has raised questions about the adequacy of the background checks done on government contractors who hold security clearances.
Hagel acknowledged "a lot of red flags" may have been missed in the background of the gunman, who had a history of violent behavior and was said to be hearing voices recently.
Many of the security improvements adopted after 9/11 and Fort Hood were created largely with terrorism in mind, not unstable individuals with no apparent political agenda. Those threats can be more difficult to detect.
Daly, who directs the U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis, Md., said the military needs to review its procedures for vetting people for access to installations.
"Once you're inside that hardened line of defense, that is the most difficult scenario," he said. "We need to look at how these clearances are granted to contractors and subcontractors and to make sure once someone is granted clearance, that we come back and check again."
Some of the shock and sudden sense of vulnerability caused by Fort Hood and the Navy Yard attack may have stemmed from the mistaken belief that military personnel are armed when they are on domestic installations.
Most personnel are, in fact, barred from carrying weapons onto a base, and Hasan and Alexis probably knew it. Another little-known fact is that many searches are random. Not all vehicles or packages are checked.
In Southern California, Marine Capt. Aaron Meyer said it would be impossible to eliminate all threats without making military operations too costly or inefficient.
In 2010, he said, his parents were let in through the main gate at Camp Pendleton after guards checked only his father's driver's license, even though his mother was a passenger in the car.
"My mom was pretty shocked," Meyer said. But he said it would not be feasible to inspect every vehicle and trunk for weapons.
John Barney, owner of Tri-Star Commercial, an Austin, Texas, security company that has put cameras and card access systems in several military installations, said that after Fort Hood, the Pentagon mostly responded by increasing the armed police presence, but added few electronic measures.
But he admitted electronic security is not necessarily enough.
Just recently, he said, he was in a military warehouse area near San Antonio and entered without showing any identification or encountering military police. In one building, he came across an open metal cage stacked with M-16 rifles that anyone could have walked off with, he added.
"I've noticed gaps and holes that make me concerned," Barney said.
In the San Diego area, Karen Archipley, the wife of a retired Marine, visits Marine bases regularly for her work with an organic farm that trains veterans in agriculture. She said her sense of security has not been shaken.
"It's now happened twice in the past five years, but I would tell you that those are individual incidents. It wouldn't matter where those people were. They could have been at a post office," she said. "If somebody is unstable, unsteady, it doesn't matter."
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Fantasy Baseball Injury Report: Teixeira, Grandal, Thome, Francisco, and Morales
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Bloomberg Sports Anchor Rob Shaw breaks down the injuries and comebacks of five players and how they affect your fantasy team.
Mark Teixeira, 1B, Yankees
The Yankees big bopper aggravated a wrist injury diving for a ball on Monday night. The injury first occurred Sunday, but now it looks like he will miss some time. An immediate X-Ray came back negative, but Teixeira will have an MRI Tuesday, which could dictate whether he has to spend some time on the disabled list.
Big Tex has 20 home runs and 71 RBI this season. Even with the recent swoon, the Yankees were thought of as a safe bet for the playoffs. However, if Teixeira joins A-Rod on the DL, things will change. Most notably, the Yankees could end up being buyers prior to the trade deadline.
Yasmani Grandal, C, Padres
In the midst of a rally against Reds hurler Mike Leake Monday, Grandal had to leave the game with a strained oblique. We've seen a lot of this injury this season and it usually ends with the player landing on the disabled list. The 23-year-old Cuban has been great in his rookie season, batting .312 with five home runs and 15 RBI in 24 games.
Jim Thome, DH, Orioles
Thome is one of the most dangerous sluggers in baseball, but nearing 42 years old, staying healthy has been a challenge lately. The Orioles have given him an opportunity to play everyday, and just when he was getting hot, Thome hurt his neck and is now getting an MRI in Baltimore to determine whether a stay on the DL will be necessary.
Frank Francisco, RP, Mets
While his 4.97 ERA may be ugly, Frank Francisco does have 18 saves in 21 attempts and was enjoying a fine June with a 2.16 ERA before he went down with an oblique injury. The 32-year-old veteran is now on the mend and could return as the Mets closer as soon as Friday. The Mets interim closer has been Bobby Parnell, who remains a bit too hittable despite a 100-MPH fastball. He has blown two of his last three saves.
Kendrys Morales, 1B/RF, Angels
Talking about injuries, Morales missed nearly two seasons, all because of a celebration after hitting a grand slam that resulted in a broken ankle. While he has been back all season, it wasn't until Monday night that we saw a vintage performance. He blasted two home runs from both sides of the plate for six RBI in one inning.
Morales now has 11 home runs and 45 RBI through 84 games. He has been striking out too often and not walking enough, but it was a nice turn-back-the-clock performance for a player who could still have some solid years left in the tank.
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MNF1: Vikes top Skins. I know that Clinton Portis was hurt, but I'm beginning to think new offensive coordinator Al Saunders is all talk.
The $2 million assistant coach boasts of a 700-page playbook and of only showcasing 2 percent of his offense during the preseason.
Well, now we're in the regular season, and the Redskins racked up all of 266 yards and one measly TD (thanks to a game but limited Portis).
Tony Kornheiser had it right at the start of the broadcast: Al Saunders needed to show Redskins fans something last night. And he didn't.
Meanwhile, I love TK. I've been reading him in the newspaper since I was a kid growing up in D.C., and I got the chance to really be a booster in the Quickie the morning of his MNF preseason debut. But why was he so milquetoast last night? I want my Mr. Tony back!
(MNF Extra: There was this great graphic early in the game listing all of the many, many QBs drafted before Brad Johnson in 1992. It's a bit misleading: That entire group included all bonafide college starters; remember, Brad Johnson was the Matt Cassel of
MNF2: Chargers blank Raiders. Philip Rivers doesn't have to be great or even particularly good. He just has to kind of hang around, handing the ball to LT and letting the defense pitch a shutout.
It WAS a win over the hapless Raiders, but the Chargers finished Week 1 with the NFL's most impressive win, given the questions about dumping vet QB Drew Brees for the untested Rivers.
Rivers' stat line spoke volumes: 8/11 for 108 yards and a TD. Not Manning-ish, but perfectly fine when his RB can have 131 rushing yards and the D can have 9 sacks.
Comment Question: Which teams (and/or players) were YOUR biggest studs (or duds) of Week 1?Check out the next item for a complete Quickie-style wrap-up of the biggest stories in sports today.
Update: "Are you retarded?": The most honest NFL quote of 2006 comes from Tom Jackson to Michael Irvin on Sunday NFL Countdown. Here's the link to the video.
(I don't really condone the language: It shows a real -- and rare -- lack of sensitivity on TJ's part. But, as long as he was going to say it, it was very effective.)


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In the midst of some recent turmoil, there was one blessed day of balance.
The Autumnal Equinox.
I thought there was no way I would be able to share in the wonder of this day.
During an equinox, when the sun passes directly over the equator, day and night are of equal length—we have the same amount of light and dark. It is a time of balance.
That elusive balance.
I don't actively seek it because, as I've said before, I believe it's unattainable—a recipe for frustration and resentment. But I do look for it in small quantities, for certain situations.
And every autumn, I have welcomed balance when it arrives on my doorstep, asking politely, with the light of the harvest moon, to be let inside.
September 22nd was smack in the middle of a mess, and I knew that day would go just as badly as the rest of the week had gone. I knew. No matter what I planned or how hard I tried, it was going to be bad. Horrible.
I also knew I was being extremely negative but I couldn't muster any optimism.
At the time, my attitude seemed reasonable and the terrible outcome more than a little likely.
But the world keeps spinning, seasons change, time moves on. No matter what's happening in your life, there is always something larger than you.
Taking a simple walk or standing under a tree often gives me this much-needed shift in my thinking.
The equinox provides me perspective. The Earth turns, continuing its cycle whether I'm prepared for it or not.
I tend to get highly disappointed when my grand plans go awry but am delightfully surprised when I anticipate trouble and don't find it. Negativity in general? Not something I'd recommend. But, once in a while, it's helpful.
There are two things I need to keep in mind.
The first is that forcing a good day rarely, if ever, works. Often, it backfires. The second is that acknowledging my day will not be as wonderful as I want it to be allows me to let go of all expectations.
And that, gentle readers, is how I stumbled over the roots of a genuinely good day, finding balance and joy in the midst of chaos.
Happy Autumn!
Yes, you're now officially allowed to break out the pumpkin spiced beer, muffins, coffee, scones, etc. (And, as always, Happy Spring to my friends in the southern hemisphere.)
Can you force yourself to have a good day with positive thinking? Do your positive thoughts keep you going even if things aren't perfect? Or do you find that your expectations are impossible to meet? If you expect the worst, are you pleasantly surprised or do you dwell in that negativity?
* Apologies for all the post questions. I'm having a yin/yang, light/dark, positivity/negativity bit of a time here and wondering how others deal.


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SN 396504. Cal. 20 ga. Early type Flues model Ithica Auto & Burglar gun with 10 1/8" bbls and high spurred buttstock. Bbls are marked "SMOKELESS POWDER STEEL" and "MADE IN U.S.A" on tops. Case hardened action is hand engraved "AUTO & BURGLAR GUN/ITHACA GUN CO. ITHACA, N.Y." on each side between normal rolled on dog scene, and engraved Ithaca name and address. American walnut pistol grip stock has coarse flat checkering on either side of grip and at butt. Butt was reinforced at the factory with a pin extending from butt up through top of grip and expertly covered with wooden plugs. Short splinter forend has SN on iron. Brown leather holster is embossed "Auto and Burglar Gun / MADE BY / ITHACA GUN CO. / ITHACA, N.Y." on flap. Action closes tightly, lever is right of center. CONDITION: Overall finish and appearance is fine. Bbls retain 85% coverage blue turning to a nice, even patina. Receiver also turning to a nice even patina with about 10% case colors remaining in recessed areas. Lever has a much better coverage of blue and is deeper in color too. Checkering is still well defined but much smoothed on the right side. Forend has a 3/4" x 1/16" chip out of right side near muzzle and there is a 3/8" scratch 1" forward of the forend base also on the right side. Bores are shiny and bright with no pitting. Leather holster is still soft and supple with a 1/2" tear on the right muzzle side mostly dark brown in color. Stitching is still very sound and serviceable. Brass retaining stud has green verdigris at the base. This is a desirable collectors item especially in 20 gauge. 4-48845 JWK32
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For years, we have worked hard to develop a reputation for honesty and fairness. We have tried to apply this same principle in preparing this particular sale. So that you might know what the limitations are for this sale, we have tried to clearly outline the conditions below, which will specifically indicate how various circumstances will be handled.
1. GUARANTEE: We have attempted to make a consistent effort in cataloging and correctly describing the property to be sold. The catalog descriptions carry a limited guarantee. Please be sure that you know that. It is a guarantee to protect you against major discrepancies that would have a major effect upon the value of the item. Under no circumstances do we guarantee against anything less than a major discrepancy that would have less than a major effect upon value. This limited guarantee covers authenticity. It also covers any major restoration or repair not described. Also we guarantee against fakes, reproductions or major fabrications. As outlined above, our guarantee is limited, however, it is almost unique in a business that operates "Caveat Emptor". This is not a perfect system, however, and it is important to be aware of that. Our intention is to be as fair as possible in our catalog descriptions but it is virtually impossible to adequately describe an antique or collectible item that has been used and shows signs of wear. If you are a discerning, highly particular customer, expecting mint or near mint condition, it is advisable that you not ever submit absentee bids here or at any auction house without seeing the item in person, since your definition of condition might be far more particular than what any cataloger would have time or space to specify. The entire purpose of our catalog description is to give our readers a general description and idea of what the lot is and we will stand behind that description regarding a major discrepancy only. If the discrepancy is less than a major discrepancy, under no circumstances would any adjustment or refund be made. Should the need arise, the auctioneer reserves the right to make verbal corrections and provide additional information from the block at the time of the sale. Absentee bids will not be executed on items that are found to be other than described in the catalog unless we were able to contact you prior to the lot being sold and advise of this discrepancy. If we are unable to reach you or if time does not permit, we will not execute your bid. Please Note: the only thing we guarantee is what is in print in the catalog and what is announced from the block at the time of sale. Absolutely nothing discussed over the telephone or in person prior to the auction shall be construed as part of the guarantee. Since opinions can differ, particularly in the matter of condition, the auctioneer will be the sole judge in the matter of refunds. This guarantee is limited to the following time duration and limits. Please read:
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B. LIMIT OF RESTITUTION: Under no circumstances will the auctioneer be responsible for lost profits or other financial damages. Refunds requested on the grounds of authenticity must be accompanied by at least a supporting written statement from an authority recognized by the auctioneers. Auctioneer will not be responsible for shipping costs, after auction appraisal fees, testing or any other post auction costs. If it is agreed that an item may be returned, it is the buyer's responsibility to return it in the same condition as received.
C. TYPE OF RESTITUTION: An item that qualifies for an adjustment is limited to one of the following options:
1) Major problems, (i.e. fakes, significant alteration, major unannounced restoration, etc.) will result in a refund in sale price, adjustment in sale price or repair by the auctioneer. The auctioneer shall be the judge as to the final resolve.
2) Less than major problems or discrepancies are not part of the guarantee and no refund or adjustment will be considered for less than major problems.
2. RECEIPT OF GOODS: All goods sold will be tagged and can be claimed upon presentation of paid receipts ONLY. All items to be wrapped will be wrapped by the purchaser, unless the items are to be shipped.
3. PROTESTED BIDS: In case of a disputed bid, the Auctioneer is the sole determinant as to who is the successful bidder and at his discretion may re-offer and resell the article in dispute.
4. TAX: State of Maine sales tax is 5.5% and will be collected at time of payment unless a current sales tax certificate is on file or if shipped anywhere except Maine and Massachusetts. If purchases are shipped to a Maine address, sales tax of 5% shall be collected unless a current sales tax certificate is on file. If purchases are shipped or delivered to a Massachusetts address, sales tax of 6.25% shall be collected unless a current sales tax certificate is on file.
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7. TERMS: All items are to paid for in American funds at the day of the auction. Non-residents who have not established an account with us and wish to pay by check, must do so prior to the beginning of the auction by presenting a current letter of reference from their bank or by providing references which are suitable to the auctioneer. Absentee Bidders - Directly after the auction a bill will be sent to you for the items you purchased and a total amount due. This bill is due upon presentation and must be paid immediately. The auctioneer reserves the right to hold merchandise purchased by personal check until the check has cleared the bank, if the auctioneer deems such action necessary to protect his interest. For bidders located outside of the United States we only accept payment by checks drawn on U.S. banks or wire transfer.
8. INTEREST AND DEFAULT: Payment is due upon receipt. If the buyer's invoice is not paid in full within 15 days of the auction, James D. Julia, Inc. has the right and will charge the buyer's credit card of record on file for the total invoice amount. Interest will be charged on all balances not paid at the rate of 1-1/2% monthly (18% APR) effective 15 days from the date of purchase/auction. Should the buyer not comply with any of the Conditions of Sale, the damage recoverable from the defaulter shall include any loss arising on the resale of the lot, together with the charges and expenses in respect of both sales as well as any legal or collection fees incurred. James D. Julia, Inc. shall hold any money deposited in partial payment on account of any liability of the defaulted item.
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10. WITHDRAWAL: We reserve the right to withdraw any property before sale and shall have no liability whatsoever for such withdrawal.
11. TITLE: A title passes upon the fall of the Auctioneer's hammer. It will then be the responsibility of the buyer to make full payment prior to removing the goods from the premises. It is both the buyer's risk and expense for removal and must be made at the conclusion of the sale unless other arrangements are made with the Julia's Operations Manager. Please note any lots we might make arrangements for moving or storing are solely at the risk of the owner and any damage or loss occurring after the fall of the hammer becomes that of the buyer.
12. PHONE BIDS: At the discretion of the auctioneer, phone bidding may be arranged on more expensive items, (i.e. $500 or more). In order to make arrangements to bid on the telephone at the time a lot is being sold, you must contact our office in advance of the auction. We will make arrangements to call you just prior to the lot being sold so that you may bid over the telephone. There are usually a limited number of phone lines available into the room, so if you wish to bid over the telephone, it is important for you to make your arrangements early. "Cover-me Bids": if you wish to bid by telephone, you might also want to consider a "cover-me bid" at the time you make arrangements for phone bidding. A "cover-me bid" allows your phone contact here at Julia's to still execute a predetermined bid amount for you in the case that they cannot get through to you on the telephone. Your phone agent is the only person who will have this bid and will only use it to bid in the event that he/she cannot reach you. Assuming you are reached via telephone, they would not use your bid, but rely on your verbal instructions. "Cover-me bids" are not mandatory, you can place one at your discretion, they are simply a safety device in the event you cannot be reached by telephone in time.
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15. LEGAL DISPUTE: Any legal disputes arising from this auction shall be settled in the court system in the State of Maine.
16. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: The Maine Uniform Commercial Code, Title 11, Section 2-328 applies to this auction sale.
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19. AUCTIONEER'S LICENSE NUMBERS: Auctioneer: James D. Julia ME License #AR83; NH License #2511 Mass. License #1406
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Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student at Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing, has made public an audio recording of Sprint/Nextel's Electronic Surveillance Manager describing how his company has provided GPS location data about its wireless customers to law enforcement over 8 million times. That's potentially millions of Sprint/Nextel customers who not only were probably unaware that their wireless provider even had an Electronic Surveillance Department, but who certainly did not know that law enforcement offers could log into a special Sprint Web portal and, without ever having to demonstrate probable cause to a judge, gain access to geolocation logs detailing where they've been and where they are.
Through a mix of documents unearthed by Freedom of Information Act requests and the aforementioned recording, Soghoian describes how "the government routinely obtains customer records from ISPs detailing the telephone numbers dialed, text messages, emails and instant messages sent, web pages browsed, the queries submitted to search engines, and geolocation data, detailing exactly where an individual was located at a particular date and time."
The fact that federal, state, and local law enforcement can obtain communications "metadata"—URLs of sites visited, e-mail message headers, numbers dialed, GPS locations, etc.—without any real oversight or reporting requirements should be shocking, but it isn't. The courts ruled in 2005 that law enforcement doesn't need to show probable cause to obtain your physical location via the cell phone grid. All of the aforementioned metadata can be accessed with an easy-to-obtain pen register/trap & trace order. But given the volume of requests, it's hard to imagine that the courts are involved in all of these.
Soghoian's lengthy post makes at least two important points, the first of which is that there are no reliable statistics on the real volume and scope of government surveillance because such numbers are either not published (sometimes in violation of the legally mandated reporting requirements) or they contain huge gaps. The second point is that the lack of reporting makes it difficult to determine just how involved the courts actually are in all of this, in terms of whether these requests are all backed by subpoenas.
Underlying both of these issues is the fact that Sprint has made it so easy for law enforcement to gain access to customer data on a 24/7 basis through the use of its Web portal and large compliance department. Regarding the latter, here's another quote from Paul Taylor, the aforementioned Sprint/Nextel Electronic Surveillance Manager:
"In the electronic surveillance group at Sprint, I have 3 supervisors. 30 ES techs, and 15 contractors. On the subpoena compliance side, which is anything historical, stored content, stored records, is about 35 employees, maybe 4-5 supervisors, and 30 contractors. There's like 110 all together."
All of those people are there solely to serve up customer data to law enforcement, and other comments by Taylor indicate that his staff will probably grow. Sprint only recently made the GPS data available through the Web portal, and that has caused the number of requests to go through the roof. The company apparently plans on expanding the menu of surveillance options that are accessible via the Web. Taylor again:
"[M]y major concern is the volume of requests. We have a lot of things that are automated but that's just scratching the surface. One of the things, like with our GPS tool. We turned it on the web interface for law enforcement about one year ago last month, and we just passed 8 million requests. So there is no way on earth my team could have handled 8 million requests from law enforcement, just for GPS alone. So the tool has just really caught on fire with law enforcement. They also love that it is extremely inexpensive to operate and easy, so, just [because of] the sheer volume of requests they anticipate us automating other features, and I just don't know how we'll handle the millions and millions of requests that are going to come in."
I'm sure they'll find some way to deal with the "millions and millions" of warrantless surveillance requests, and no one will bother to even curb the practice, much less stop it. I've been reporting on this exact metadata/surveillance issue for years now, and it just gets worse. The stressed, jobless, indebted public doesn't care, and Congress doesn't either. If I'm still on this beat in 5 years, I'm sure I'll still be rewriting this same story for the thousandth time.
Further reading
- Ed Felten brought Soghoian's post to the public's attention.
- Click here to read as much surveillance coverage as you can stand. It goes all the way back to 1998, with coverage of ECHELON and Carnivore in the twilight of the Clinton years.